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Flexible Outsourcing and the Impacts of Labour Taxation in European Welfare States

Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - 2021

In European Welfare States, low-skilled workers are typically unionized, while the wage formation of high-skilled workers is more competitive. To focus on this aspect, we analyze how flexible international outsourcing and labour taxation affect wage formation, employment and welfare in dual...

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Automatic Stabilizers and Economic Crisis : US vs. Europe

Dolls, Mathias - 2010

income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the US. In the case of an unemployment shock 48 per cent of the shock are … absorbed in the EU, compared to 34 per cent in the US. This cushioning of disposable income leads to a demand stabilization of … 26 to 35 per cent in the EU and 19 per cent in the US. There is large heterogeneity within the EU. Automatic stabilizers …

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